and loyalty of at least enough of the elites. i want you the listen to the u.s. secretary of state anthony blinken on how he sees the bigger picture here for russia and putin. 16 months ago, russian forces were on the doorstep of kyiv, ukraine, thinking they were going to take the city in a matter of days, erase the country from the map. now they had to be focused on defending moscow, russia s capital against mercenaries of putin s own making. so this raises lots of profound questions that will be answered i think in the days and weeks ahead. so this coup d etat may have been a win for putin in some ways. overall works you say this war of choice in ukraine has been the biggest disaster of his presidency and just keeps getting worse, and u.s. intelligence putin will have if any military victories in ukraine. how does this play into presidential elections which are scheduled for next march?
russia has just lost its appeal to build a new embassy a stone s throw from parliament house. the government passed legislation to prevent russia from using that land, claiming a potential national security threat. cnn s angus watson joins me from sydney. where do they go from here? does russia have any other recourse now? reporter: well, john, the strange conclusion to this story might just have arrived. australian affiliates are reporting that a lone russian diplomat who has squatted on the site of this previouslily proposed new russian embassy in canberra has now left. he was spotted last week after the australian government moved to evict russia from the site. he was spotted coming out of a small cabin on the construction site to smoke cigarettes and pick up takeaway food orders. the government didn t quite know what to do with him because he had diplomatic immunity. so a police car was out front, and in the end, they just waited
avoiding a missile. at 10:00 a.m. moscow time, russian president vladimir putin made a televised address to the nation, calling the rebellion a stab in the back. all those who deliberately chose the path of treachery, who prepared an armed mutiny, who chose the path of blackmail and terrorist methods will face inevitable punishment and will answer both to the law and to our people. . the kremlin announced counterterrorism measures, tightening security in moscow. but by saturday night, suddenly a kremlin reversal. putin s spokesman announced a deal. prigozhin released an audio message saying his troops could turn around and go back to field camps to avoid shedding russian blood. supporters chanted wagner as fighters drove out of rostov, giving prigozhin handshakes as he left in this suv.
putin s address to the nation and a four day-old interview where he talks about his working day and how he deals with the uprising in ukraine. some residents shared their thoughts. translator: it was unexpected and somehow incomprehensible and stressful, of course. very stressful. translator: there are very serious problems in the country, and they need to be solved. people who can no longer tolerate it, they resort to such radical methods as prigozhin. translator: how can one, a situation where we are in a conflict in another country have an internal war as well? belarusian president alexandr lukashenko has been one of vladimir putin s close allies. but their relationship and lukashenko s dependency on russia goes back a long way. cnn s nic robertson has details.
i take a statin to reduce cholesterol, but statins can also deplete coq10 levels. that s why my doctor recommended qunol coq10. qunol has the number one cardiologist recommended form of coq10. qunol. the brand i trust. there is still no sign of wagner chief yevgeny prigozhin more than 24 hours after the kremlin says he accepted a deal to leave russia for exile in belarus to avoid prosecution for his armed military rebellion. we saw his mercenaries marching on moscow. the uprising seemed to end as quickly as it began with an 11th